Health Care Dive
JUNE 6, 2024
Hundreds of thousands of seniors could switch plans during next year’s open enrollment, depending on how drastically the MA market giants slash benefits in an attempt to improve profits.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 6, 2024
Restrictive health plan policies are increasingly relying on step therapy for cancer drugs, recent analysis from consulting firm Avalere shows. | Step therapy is embedded within prior auth requirements by health plans, potentially delaying critical access to care for cancer patients. In rare circumstances, patients must go through triple or quadruple step therapy.
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Health Care Dive
JUNE 6, 2024
A federal court struck a blow to antitrust regulators on Wednesday when it ruled that Novant’s purchase of two hospitals from CHS could go through, arguing the deal seems likely to promote competition in North Carolina.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 6, 2024
Insurers are likely to pay $1.1 billion in Affordable Care Act medical loss ratio rebates in 2024, according to a new analysis. | Insurers are likely to pay $1.1 billion in Affordable Care Act medical loss ratio rebates in 2024, according to a new analysis.
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Health Care Dive
JUNE 6, 2024
Before his job as CEO ends this summer, Healthcare Dive spoke with Mark Schuster about the new medical school and how immersive technologies can aid instruction.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 6, 2024
The White House is calling on hospital executives, doctors and other healthcare leaders to take bolder steps to prevent gun violence by gathering more data about gunshot injuries and routinely coun | In 1996, Congress cut federal funding for gun control research by the CDC, essentially shifting the responsibility for funding and conducting the research to the private sector and academia—and with a fraction of the previous budget.
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Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 6, 2024
Startup Eyebot aims to bring 21st-century innovation to vision care to make eye exams more accessible to people. | Startup Eyebot developed kiosks that provide automated, self-serve vision tests in as quickly as 90 seconds and can offer prescriptions for corrective eyewear.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 6, 2024
What You Should Know: – AppliedVR , an immersive therapeutics (ITx) pioneer advancing a novel, virtual reality-based approach to medicine, today announced results from a secondary analysis of a large randomized controlled trial (RCT) that evaluated whether socio-demographic factors affected the clinical effectiveness of receiving a virtual reality (VR) therapy that treats chronic low back pain (cLBP) at home. – Researchers sought to determine whether there were differences among key
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 6, 2024
Two months after it released a scathing report on digital diabetes management solutions, the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) gave high marks to virtual physical therapy services for imp | Two months after it released a scathing report on digital diabetes management solutions, the Peterson Health Technology Institute gave high marks to virtual physical therapy services for improving patient outcomes and cutting healthcare costs.
The Rand Blog
JUNE 6, 2024
Companies that invest in their frontline workers could see a non-trivial uptick in their financials if they were clearer and more direct about what they were doing.
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Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 6, 2024
In the wake of the cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a key senator is urging federal regulators to take immediate steps to require major healthcare companies to beef up their cybersecurity. | In the wake of the cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a key senator is urging federal regulators to take immediate steps to require major healthcare companies to beef up their cybersecurity.
Meditech
JUNE 6, 2024
At the heart of the 2024 MUSE Inspire conference was a spirit of partnership and collaboration as MEDITECH users came together to share strategies, insights, and innovative ideas. For 41 consecutive years, this annual event has provided a space for MEDITECH customers to partake in an enriching experience offering educational and networking opportunities.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 6, 2024
This story will be updated as details about the partnership unfold. | The Digital Therapeutics Alliance announced a partnership with DirectTrust to start an accreditation program for digital therapeutics products to help gain uptake with payers.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 6, 2024
Healthcare fraud is a significant issue in the U.S. and one that continues to grow in scale as fraudulent actors seek to exploit the healthcare system for their own financial gain. According to the U.S. Department of Justice (D.O.J.), the cost of healthcare fraud in the country is close to $100 billion a year. This figure encompasses a wide range of deceptive practices by healthcare providers, patients, and third parties which include billing for services not rendered, falsifying documents, offe
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Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 6, 2024
During Day 2 of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance's annual conference in Washington, D.C., industry stakeholders addressed the reality of the digital therapeutics market and offered advice to DTx c | The Digital Therapeutics Alliance, a trade group representing companies that provide therapy through software, hosts its annual conference in Washington, D.C., to discuss movements and lessons from the industry.
Home Health Care
JUNE 6, 2024
In order to provide more effective care, it’s imperative that home-based care providers tap into the individual needs of their clients. That was one key takeaway from a recent CareScout and Home Health Care News webinar. Life Foundation Home Care is one company that has prioritized identifying the unique needs of each client, as well as the needs of its caregivers.
PDC Healthcare
JUNE 6, 2024
Printable patient identification wristbands with barcodes are standard in the healthcare industry, with thermal printing being the most efficient and effective print method. In pediatric hospitals, ensuring the safety and proper identification of young patients is paramount, with pediatric-sized wristbands being a critical tool in achieving this. Thermal printing technology has emerged as the preferred […] The post Why Thermal Printing is Preferred by Pediatric Hospitals appeared first on
Home Health Care
JUNE 6, 2024
Investment activity in home-based care may be picking up. Zenyth Partners – a New York-based investment firm focused on growing health care companies from early-stage businesses into larger platforms – announced Thursday it has made an investment in LifeCare Home Health Family. Financial details around the investment were not disclosed. Based in Irving, Texas, LifeCare is an in-home care provider that delivers home health and private-duty home care services across 10 affiliated branches.
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Healthcare ECONOMIST
JUNE 6, 2024
Why is NIH funding small trials? (there’s a good reason!) First bird flu death in humans. Employee responses to CEO activism. How rich were the rich ? ‘ Hot hand ’ and fantasy baseball.
HKLaw
JUNE 6, 2024
U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Indian Health Service must pay contract support costs for program income received by tribes that administer healthcare programs under a self-determination contract.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 6, 2024
What You Should Know – Sware has secured $6 million in Series B funding to enhance its software validation solution for life sciences companies. – The new funding will support research and development, AI-driven capabilities, and expansion of Sware’s sales team to address validation debt. Insights into Sware’s Growth and Innovation Sware, a leading provider of comprehensive software validation solutions for the life sciences industry, has announced a successful raise of $
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Icanotes
JUNE 6, 2024
Benefits of Outsourcing Mental Health Billing Services As a mental health provider, you likely know how stressful and time-consuming it can be to spend hours on clinical paperwork. Human error, incorrect codes and regulatory changes can all impact your revenue and make reimbursement frustrating. Outsourcing your mental health billing services can help you maximize revenue and reduce denied claims, saving time and money.
Health Business Group
JUNE 6, 2024
Travis Morgan , President and CFO of DecisionRx touts medication optimization as the way to improve outcomes and reduce costs. In this episode, Travis shares his journey from an entrepreneurial upbringing to making waves in the life sciences and healthcare technology sectors. Learn how his experiences in public accounting and as a precision medicine company co-founder have shaped his unique approach to tackling one of the healthcare industry's most costly issues: ineffective medications.
HIStalk
JUNE 6, 2024
Healthcare software firm Waystar raises $968 mln million in IPO,
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Due to the impact of COVID-19, integrating telehealth software into practices and organizations has become the new normal. In turn, this has increased the effectiveness of collaborative healthcare by strengthening communication amongst healthcare workers and helping combat the woes of burnout. Communication between patients and healthcare providers has also improved, allowing patients to reach their providers easily and decreasing turnaround time.
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